Across the region, our partner health systems have agreed to measure and report to the public about how well they met nationally accepted standards for the evaluation and treatment of heart failure.

Patients with heart failure qualify for reporting by Better Health Partnership if they were above the age of 18 and seen on at least
two separate occasions for primary care in the most recent one-year
reporting period.

Heart Failure Evaluation

Heart Failure Evaluation standards describe how well physicians and other health care providers did at getting needed tests done for their patients with heart failure.

Heart Function Evaluation

Test such as "ECHO," to see how well your heart is pumping

Blood Test Performed

Basic Metabolic Panel to check blood chemistry

Weight Checked Regularly

Checks for fluid retention to monitor heart function

Blood Pressure Checked Regularly

Good control reduces heart workload

Heart Failure Treatment

Heart Failure Treatment standard describes how often patients with serious or moderate heart failure (about two of every five of our heart failure patients) were treated with important and appropriate medications.

Receiving Ace/Arb Treatment

Improves heart and kidney function and improves blood pressure

Receiving Beta-Blocker Treatment

Testing urine for kidney function or prescribing an ACE or ARB medication to protect kidneys